Brain candy 69 guest denise ervin

Brain Candy is a monthly, live program of prose, music, poetry, and visual art curated by the Emerging Writers Network.

This month's featured artists:

Musician: VAMPIRE COWGIRL
Vampire Cowgirl is a Metro Detroit-based doompunk band composed of Brie Summer (she/her) and Val Rosa (they/ she)

Poet: DUSTIN PEARSON
Dustin Pearson is the author of A Season in Hell with Rimbaud (BOA Editions, 2022), winner of the 2024 Nancy Dasher Book Award, Millennial Roost (C&R Press, 2018), and A Family Is a House (C&R Press, 2019). In 2019, The Root named Dustin one of nine Black poets working in “academic, cultural and government institutions committed to elevating and preserving the poetry artform.” He is an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Toledo where he teaches creative writing and literature.

Prose: TIM JONES

Visual Artist: AMANDA MAY MOORE
As an artist, my mission is to spread peace and joy. Truly, if I could paint rainbows and flowers everywhere… I would! It brings my inner-child so much joy.

My printmaking is characterized by minimalism with the hope that many people may see themselves in my work. Whenever someone finds a piece of mine that reminds them of themself, I feel that my work has achieved more than what I ever meant it to achieve. For me, the creating is the fun, everything else is just a bonus! So, to all those who have supported my work—thank you!